WhatsApp Payments Or transfer money UPI-Based Feature Arrives in India on Android Phones, iPhone
The WhatsApp Payments feature is presently available to
select users of the beta app in India. The feature can apparently be accessed
in a chat window through the Attachments menu. The option is said to be
available alongside other options such as Gallery, Video, Documents etc.
Clicking on Payments will open a disclaimer window, followed by a list of banks
to choose from.
You can then select your preferred bank account to
connect with UPI. Notably, you will be asked to create an authentication pin if
you haven't yet used the UPI payments platform. Additionally, you will have to
create a UPI account (if you don't have one previously) through the UPI app or
your respective bank's website/ app.
Both the sender and receiver need to have the WhatsApp
Payments feature to successfully transact on the messaging app. Users have
reportedly been facing issues linking their bank accounts to the app, although
this is expected from a feature available in beta.
WhatsApp
has been known to be considering a UPI-based payments platform since July 2017.
The feature was also spotted on an Android beta version back in August last
year. Ever since UPI was announced by the government, players like Samsung
Zomato, Google, and, now, WhatsApp have been looking to incorporate it on to
their existing hardware and software products.
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